Cats & Dogs: giving 'em a pill

Rumple Foreskin

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This is NOT a pointless, non-writing related thread. It's intended for writers who own dogs but might be unfamiliar with cats, those who provide a cat(s) room and board and don't associate with dogs, and writers who avoid both species.

Just in case any of the above mentioned scribblers, in the course of their literary labors, need to mention giving a pill to a dog or cat, they will now be aware of the difference.

Just another fine service of Rumple's, No Hope Enterprises.

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How to Give a Pill to a Cat or Dog
from the Wallowa County Chieftain Newspaper
submitted by Ronnie Bruce

1. Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. FORCE jaws open and PUSH pill to ack of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from yard.

6. Keel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws, ignoring low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold the head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, FORCE mouth open with pencil and blow pill down drinking straw.

9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink one beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from roof of neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto cat's neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with essertspoon. Flick pill down throat with rubber band, close cat's mouth and hold shut to the count of 30.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot.

12. Call fire department to retrieve the cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while werving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.

13. Tie the cat's front paws to rear paws with twine and bind tightly to leg of dining room table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by piece of steak. BE ROUGH ABOUT IT. Hold cat's head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.

14. Consume remainder of Scotch. Get spouse to drive you to emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye.

15. Arrange for Humane Society to collect mutant cat and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.


How to Give A Dog A Pill:

1. Wrap it in bacon.
 
Yeah. But it's better than having to give the cat a suppository. :D

---dr.M.
 
I got Friday precipitously, when he was only five weeks old, and not properly weaned. So, I spent the first two weeks feeding him with a doll's feeding bottle, every two hours. :(

As a result, Friday thinks I am his mother. He will eat whatever I give him. :confused:

To give him a pill, I just put it inside a piece of pickle, butter it, and pass it over to Friday. Once Friday tastes the pickle he stops chewing and swallows. The butter helps the pickle go down. ;)

Getting him to do that, was easy. It only took two weeks of sleep deprivation. :(

Luckily for me, Friday has never required a suppository.

Yet! :eek:
 
Quasi,
I hesitate to mention this, but for Friday's sake I must. I think perhaps you've already cleared the suppository hurdle. Quasi, Earth cats don't generally eat pickles unless perhaps a pickled herring. Try feeding a dill pickle to Friday through the end with the teeth and eyes and you'll see what I mean.
 
The vet always makes it look so easy. Even taking a cat's temperature.
MG
 
Nice, Rumple,

I would add that some dogs, like our new one, are pretty difficult, though he will eat a flavored (meat-like-pellet) heartworm pill without coaxing.

J.
 
Pure said:
Nice, Rumple,

I would add that some dogs, like our new one, are pretty difficult, though he will eat a flavored (meat-like-pellet) heartworm pill without coaxing.

J.
That dog sounds like a keeper. It's been my experience that MOST big dogs will eat practically anything--at least once. My Golden Retriever prefers her pills wrapped in cheese and has never eaten a second raw oyster. :)

A friend of mine kept losing his reading glasses. He admits to being the model for all absent-minded professors and figured he was just going through a rough patch. Then one day he noticed his Golden Retriever contendedly chewing what was left of his most recently "lost" pair of glasses.

Rumple
 
LMAO

MathGirl said:
The vet always makes it look so easy. Even taking a cat's temperature.
MG

And do you know how the vet knows the difference between an oral and rectal thermometer? TASTE!! :D
 
Quasimodem said:
I got Friday precipitously, when he was only five weeks old, and not properly weaned. So, I spent the first two weeks feeding him with a doll's feeding bottle, every two hours. :(


Quas,

I'm in love with Friday.

I'm not allowed to have a cat. :(

Or a dog. :(
 
My dog has to take pills 3 times a day every day for the rest of her life, she has epilepsy.

It's gotten to the point where she is so used to it I don't even hide them in food anymore. When she hears me rattle the pill bottle she hops up on me and opens wide. I stick the pill in her mouth and she swallows, this is no lie. Of course she knows that she gets a dog biscuit every time after she swallows her pill.

I've never had a cat though, so I thank you for filling me in on what I've been missing in regards to medicating that species. :p

I'll stick with dogs.
 
The Truth about Cats and Dogs

The Basic Philosophy

A dog thinks:
Hey, those people I live with feed me, love me, provide me
with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me . . .
they must be gods!


A cat thinks:
Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me
with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me . . .
I must be a god!


What is a Cat?

Cats do what they want.

They rarely listen to you.

They are totally unpredictable.

They whine when they are not happy.

When you want to play, they want to be alone.

When you want to be alone, they want to play.

They expect you to cater to their every whim.

They are moody.

They leave hair everywhere.

They drive you nuts and cost you money.

Conclusion: They are tiny little women in fur coats.


What is a Dog?

Dogs lie around all day, sprawled on the most comfortable
piece of furniture in the house.

They can hear a package of food opening half a block away,
but don't hear you when you're in the same room.

They can look dumb and lovable all at the same time.

They growl when they are not happy.

When you want to play, they want to play.

When you want to be alone, they want to play.

They are great at begging.

They will love you forever if you rub their tummies.

They can never have enough toys
and they leave them everywhere.

They do disgusting things with their mouths
and then try to give you a kiss.

Conclusion: They are tiny little men in fur coats.
 
damppanties said:
Quas,
I'm in love with Friday.
I'm not allowed to have a cat. :(
Or a dog. :(

Friday grew up to be a weird cat.

When he thinks it's time for me to pay attention to him instead of my computer, he hops up and sits on my mouse. :rolleyes:

Then he turns himself into an eighty pound cat. :(
 
Quasimodem said:
Friday grew up to be a weird cat.

When he thinks it's time for me to pay attention to him instead of my computer, he hops up and sits on my mouse. :rolleyes:

Then he turns himself into an eighty pound cat. :(


I think I'm still in love with him.


From far away. :)
 
On my third dog and once shared an apartment with my brother and his cat.

All three dogs were 'taught' how to sit and say 'please' for treats. Simple Pavlovian exercise. Get them excited about whatever is in your hand and they would usually gobble it up.

Cat, as mentioned above was above all such demeaning behavior and would no more beg for food than would a KING. So he got his pills ground up and mixed in with tuna. Saved us the cost of new curtains, medical appointments for ourselves and a great deal of chochtke damage. I think Tuna was 39 cents at the time. Hey! he insisted on Albacore :)

Bumping the thread, mainly for those that didn't get a chance to read Rumple's funny post.
 
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